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APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE ALITO Supreme Court of the United States THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006

Present: Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Scalia, Justice Kennedy, Justice Souter, Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, and Justice Alito.

The Chief Justice said: This special sitting of the Court is held today to receive the Commission of the newly appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Samuel A. Alito, Jr. The Court now recognizes the Attorney General of the United States, Alberto Gonzales. Attorney General Gonzales said: Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the Court. I have the Commission which has been issued to the Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr., as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Commission has been duly signed by the President of the United States and attested by me as the Attorney General of the United States. I move that the Clerk read the Commission and that it be made part of the permanent records of this Court. The Chief Justice said: Thank you, General Gonzales, your motion is granted. Mr. Clerk, will you please read the Commission? vii